Websites: Environmental Sciences

The internet sites were selected based upon the authority and/or reputation of the issuing body in addition to the quality and organization of the website.

• American Environmental Photographs (1891-1936) Images from the University of Chicago Library. This collection consists of approximately 4,500 photographs documenting natural environments, ecologies, and plant communities in the United States at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century.
• Environmentalresearchweb Environmentalresearchweb, produced by the Institute of Physics (IOP), provides analysis and commentary on all areas of environmental research, including policy and sustainable technology. News and editorials are integrated with research articles from the open access IOP Publishing journal Environmental Research Letters.
• European Environment Agency Maintained by the European Environment Agency and EIONETpartners.
• Evolution of the Conservation Movement The Evolution of the Conservation Movement documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage.
• National Environmental Data Index (NEDI) Access to government environmental data and information descriptions.
• National Council for Science and the Environment A nonregulatory environmental science institution with a mission "to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisions."
• National Library for the Environment The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) has been working since 1990 to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking.
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Organization Mission: To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.